Category: New Orleans
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A Much Overdue Post #2 from NOLA
I know this is much overdue, but school started, Hurricane Irma paid a visit and quite frankly, I still haven’t found a good balance for blogging, but I’m working on it. Anyway, when we were last together, I reviewed our fabulous hotel, The Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery. I loved it so much that I…
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Where to lay your head while in New Orleans–the Old No. 77 Hotel and Chandlery
When I started looking for hotels in New Orleans, I started looking, like most people do, in the French Quarter. I stayed in the French Quarter a couple of years ago and it made everything so convenient. This year, I wanted something different. Amanda had visited in New Orleans last summer, so with both of…
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Road Trippin’ 2017 Part 1, the drive to New Orleans
What do you do when your daughter moves home, you both have the summer off before you both return to the classroom and you need a break? You take a road trip to Louisiana with a two day stop in New Orleans, that’s what! After our trip to TSA Nationals, Amanda and I were both…
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Louisiana Road Trip Day 3.
We headed out of New Orleans on Friday, but before we left, I snapped this guy jamming out and DJing his own concert. He was having a great time! Headed out of the city, you can see the Super Dome peeping out from behind the building. After we left New Orleans, we headed toward…
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NOLA, Day 2 Part 3
One of the things that New Orleans is known for is music. Music can be found at any time of the day around the city. If you want to listen to great music, just walk around the French Quarter and will not be disappointed. As we were walking through Jackson Square, we came across this…
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NOLA Day 2, part 2
According to my heath app on my phone, we walked over 5 miles this day. It probably would have been more, but we took that two hour bus tour that you saw in the previous post.Here are some sites from around our French Quarter walk. I am not quite sure what is going on with…
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Nola Day 2 Part 1.
Day 2 in Nola was really our only full day in the city,so we made the most of it. I think we walked over five miles that day, but we had so much fun. (This is part 1 of 3) Of course, if you are in New Orleans, you absolutely cannot skip Cafe Du Monde.…